dummy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 See also 1.2.5 External links 1.2.6 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmi

[edit] Noun

dummy (plural dummies)

1. A silent person; a person who does not talk.
2. An unintelligent person.

   • Don't be such a dummy!

3. A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
4. Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

   • To understand the effects of the accident, we dropped a dummy from the rooftop.

5. A deliberately nonfunctional device or tool used in place of a functional one.

   • The hammer and drill in the display are dummies.

6. (Australian, New Zealand, British) A pacifier.

   • The baby wants her dummy.

7. (bridge) The partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand.
8. A bodily gesture meant to fool an opposing player in sport; feint.
9. (linguistics) A word serving only to make a construction grammatical.

   • The pronoun "it" in "It's a mystery why this happened" is a dummy.

10. (programming) An unused parameter or value.

    • If flag1 is false, the other parameters are dummies.

[edit] Synonyms

• (Something made to look like a person) mannequin, marionette
• (Something to calm a baby) pacifier (US), soother (Canada)

[edit] Derived terms

• dummy bid
• dummy bidder
• dumbass

[edit] Related terms

• dumb

[edit] See also

• dud
• fake
• feint

[edit] External links

• http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002594.php

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to dummy (third-person singular simple present dummies, present participle dummying, simple past and past participle dummied)

1. To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.

   The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.

[edit] Derived terms

• dummy out
• dummy up